Tiny jellyfish called salps have swarmed the water intakes of Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California. One unit was shut down this week for refueling. The other unit was taken down to 25% capacity due to the jellyfish attack. The jellyfish were found Monday, the refueling outage was begun later in the week. Jellyfish attacks on nuclear plants are quite common frequently causing plants to shut down or lower operating rate.

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